The Bizarre Reason You Might Not See Abby Lee Miller on Dance Moms Next Season

In the words of Abby Lee Miller herself, EVERYONE'S REPLACEABLE—and it looks like she might need to find her own stand-in for the next season of Dance Moms. No, it's not because she might be headed to jail for fraud (though that is still an ongoing issue). Instead, Abby Lee herself is refusing to film season six of the guilty pleasure Lifetime series because of a conflict with one of her producers.

Now, Abby Lee is no stranger to disagreements (and that's putting it politely) with people on the show—but those fights have typically led to the other party making their exit. The first came when Kelly Hyland left the show with her two daughters, Brooke and Paige, after a screaming match with ALM turned physical. (Abby had Kelly arrested, Kelly turned around and had her daughter Paige sue Abby for assault.) Christi Lukasiak and her daughter Chloe left next, after Abby Lee called Chloe "washed up" and reportedly made fun of her appearance. But this time, Abby is facing off against a producer—and if what she's claiming is true, we might actually be on her side this go around.

In a recent newsletter about the upcoming season of Dance Moms, which premieres in January, Abby Lee writes that if you don't see her in a few episodes, "don't believe anything anybody says." She explains: "No doubt, I am fighting with a producer" over reported "cockamamie ideas." What qualifies as "cockamamie" in Miller's book? She alleges that this unnamed producer wanted one of the girls on the show to portray a pregnant teen and wear a fake baby bump for a bended-reality story line.

"When a grown man tells me he wants one of my kids to portray a pregnant teen and wear a baby bump—I have to put my foot down," Miller wrote in the newsletter. "If that means not moving my foot and not working and getting fined in the process, well that's a risk I am willing to take to protect my girls. I am always teaching principles, integrity, and values in addition to dance technique. It is important for me that the girls learn to stand up and fight for what they believe in."

Fans of the show may chuckle at Abby's "principles, integrity, and values" line—but if this is true, that is pretty bonkers. (The production company hasn't commented.) Season six of Dance Moms is set to premiere on Lifetime on January 5.